Chapter 112

• CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE
• Dr Davis also treated him with considerable deference as he monitored Emma’s labour, assuring them both that everything was proceeding normally.
• The contractions were coming fast. She barely had time to catch her breath in between the waves of pain. Daniel sat beside her, watching anxiously, giving her his hand to grip, repeating what the doctor said—head engaged, won’t be long, bearing down soon—as though she couldn’t hear for herself, or he needed to assure himself that this agony had a short time limit.